Safety attachment for watches



(No Model!) O. G. KR-EBAIIM.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR WATCHES. N0. 403,943. Patented May 28, 1889.

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CHARLES e. KREBAUM,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF HAVANA, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR WATCHES.

SPEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,943, dated May 28,1889.

Application filed August 2, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES G. KREBAUM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Havana, in the county of Mason and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Safety Attachments for W'atches,of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in safety attachments for watches.

Heretofore devices for preventing the withdrawal of watches from pocketshave been constructed disk-shaped,with scalloped edges; but difficultyand inconvenience have resulted from their bulkiness, which makes themcrowd the pocket, and their liability to loose their hold upon thepocket when pulled upon, as the edge of the disk is forced down, therebyforming aconvex surface, which presents comparatively little resistanceand allows the watch to be withdrawn very easily from the pocket.

The object of the present invention is to obviate the above objectionsand provide a watch-protector of simple and cheap construction, thatwill not interfere with the opening of the cases of the watch nor wearthe pockets.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of theparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a watch-protectorconstructed in accordance With this invention, showing it applied to awatch. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan View ofthe protector. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the watch-protectoritself.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a watch-protectorconstructed of rubber 01" other suitable material and designed to beplaced upon the stem of a watch, 13, to

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prevent theft: by engaging the sides of the pocket, and thereby preventthe withdrawal of the watch. The watch-protector A has a generallyconical form, and is round at the top a, which is hollowed out andconcave to provide an upturned rim, a, which is extended outward atsuitable points, whereby one or more laterally-protruding guards, a areformed, which engage the sides of the pocket. The number of these guardsa may be varied. By this construction the rubber or similar material,when an attempt is made to pull the watch from the pocket, engages thesides of the pocket, and is compressed instead of being bent down,whereby the watch is securely retained in the pocket.

The watch-protector surrounds the stem of the watch and fits against theadjacent parts, and lies close to said stem, the ring of the watchfitting in notches a and does not interfere with the opening of thecases, and its smooth sides do not wear out the pockets, as would be thecase were they scalloped or corrugated.

From the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and advantages of the invention will readily beunderstood.

Having described my invention, I claim The herein-describedwatch-protector, constructed of rubber or similar material and adaptedto fit around the stem of a watch, and having a concave or hollowed topto provide a rim, a, the latter having the outwardprojecting guards a toengage the side of the pocket, and the notches a substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES G. KREBAUM.

\Vitnesses:

J. R. I'IORSTMAN, ADOLPH KREBAUM.

